7 s Chap. 4t.. an Expofttion upon the Book of Je a. Verf.vi. flefh (Char 6.za.) we may affirm of Leviathans flefh, His firengtb is as the ftrengtb of /tones, and bit fiefb as of briefs. As the fcales of Leviathan without, fonow his whole fleth within, is tpo- ken of, as if it were made of folid brafs. The very refuge, the vileft parts of his flefh ( as the word which we tranflate flakes is rendred Amos 8. 6.) are firm and firong, being joyned or glued fah together, as the Septuagint exprefs the fignificancy of the word, by us rendred joyned. And as it followerh, They are firm in tbeenfclves, they cannot be moved. That is, one part of his flefh cannot be taken from thether;or he cannot be moved ; that is, Leviathan is fo (irong, that nothingcan fir him, or code him to give ground, unlefs himCelf pleafeth. And as his flefh covering his bones isïhus'firm, fo is hisheart, cog vered and defended by both. Verf. 24. Hisheart is as firm as afloe, yea, as bard ses a piece ofthe nether mill-lone. The heart is the principal internal part of anycreature ; and Garinomniker the flefh of the heart in is harder than the flefh onimannbus every creature, fpr;/fune, nervo- of any other part of his body ; the heart is a very comps& and funs, bene hard piece of flefh. And the Lord wouldhave us know, that the companyeft. heart of Leviathan is fo hard, that the heart of any other crea- Arift. L 3. da ture, in comparifon of his, may be called loft and tender. His pert. c. 4 Superior mela heart n71dicebaru, Is'as firm as afine. ®b inefuitan- do. That is, 'cis extraordinaryhard ; which is further intended by the laft wordsof this verle, Tea, as hard as a piece of the nether mill tone. . Mills have two hones, an upper (whichin Hebrew is exprefs- ed by a word, which lignifies to ride, becaufe it feems to ride (moving or turning round) upon the nether hone, which, becaufe it bears the weight of the work in grinding, is the harder of the two, though both are very hard ; as if it had been laid, if any (lonebe harder than anocher, that's molt like the heart of Levia- than, Now
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